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US224937A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B25/00—Stilts or the like
    • A63B25/10—Elastic bouncing shoes fastened to the foot
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  • Figure 1 is a side elevation of the shoe
  • Fig. 2 is a plan of the same on line mac
  • the object of this invention is to furnish a shoe for locomotive engineers, firemen,.drivers of horse-cars, and others, by the use of which they will avoid the pain and diseases that they cars.
  • A represents the shoe or slipper, secured at about the middle of its sole to the block B by the bolts a a.
  • G is a flat slightly-curvedspring, that is secured on the under side of the block 13, and extends rearward under and in contact with the sole D of. the shoe or slipper A.
  • E is a fiat spring centrally secured to the under sideof the block B, with its central portion extending horizontally in either direction as far as the toe and heel of the shoe A, and
  • each end of the spring E is a flat bent spring, F, that extends upward inside of an arm of the spring E, conforming with its curve, and terminates against the said spring E, near its point of attachment to the block B.
  • a strip of rubber or other elastic material may be secured at G, which is attached to the under surface of the spring E to prevent slipping.

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W. H. MINTZER. Engineer's Shoe.
No. 224,937. Patented Fe b. 24, 1880.
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WITNESSES: V INVENTOR fleet/4d (ye/M ZW? L'MV BY M TTORNEYS.
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I are subjectto because of the jarring of the UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM H. MINTZER, OF OOLTON, CALIFORNIA.
ENGINEERIS SHOE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 224,937, dated February 24, 1880.
' i Application filed September 26, 1879.
, To all whom it may concern:
g and Improved Engineers Shoe, of which the following is a specification.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the shoe, Fig. 2 is a plan of the same on line mac, Fig. 1.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
The object of this invention is to furnish a shoe for locomotive engineers, firemen,.drivers of horse-cars, and others, by the use of which they will avoid the pain and diseases that they cars.
In. the drawings, A represents the shoe or slipper, secured at about the middle of its sole to the block B by the bolts a a.
G is a flat slightly-curvedspring, that is secured on the under side of the block 13, and extends rearward under and in contact with the sole D of. the shoe or slipper A.
E is a fiat spring centrally secured to the under sideof the block B, with its central portion extending horizontally in either direction as far as the toe and heel of the shoe A, and
having its ends bent downward and inward until they nearly' approach each other, and
hinged or jointed at b,
On each end of the spring E is a flat bent spring, F, that extends upward inside of an arm of the spring E, conforming with its curve, and terminates against the said spring E, near its point of attachment to the block B.
A strip of rubber or other elastic material may be secured at G, which is attached to the under surface of the spring E to prevent slipping.
I do not confine myself to this particular kinder arrangement of springs for this purpose, for I am aware that others may serve as well to accomplish the object intended; but,
Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-
l. The shoe or slipper A, in combination I with the spring E and rubber G, substantially as and for the purpose described.
. 2. The shoe or slipperA, in combination with the spring G and rubber-shod spring E,
substantially as herein shown and described. 3. The combination of the shoe or slipper A, block vB, springs G E F, and elastic piece G, substantially as set forth.
WILLIAM HENRY MINTZER.
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A. E. GHUBBUGK, IRVING RUNNELs.
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Cited By (11)

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US2953861A (en) * 1959-05-13 1960-09-27 Albert J Horten Resilient jumping shoes
WO1991011927A1 (en) * 1990-02-12 1991-08-22 Whatley Ian H Footwear cushioning spring
US5279051A (en) * 1992-01-31 1994-01-18 Ian Whatley Footwear cushioning spring
US6009636A (en) * 1997-07-07 2000-01-04 Wallerstein; Robert S. Shoe construction providing spring action
US6558297B1 (en) * 2000-07-28 2003-05-06 Carnegie Mellon University Energy storage device used in locomotion machine
US6763611B1 (en) * 2002-07-15 2004-07-20 Nike, Inc. Footwear sole incorporating a lattice structure
US20050268488A1 (en) * 2004-06-07 2005-12-08 Hann Lenn R Shoe apparatus with improved efficiency
US20060265902A1 (en) * 2005-05-30 2006-11-30 Kenjiro Kita Sole structure for a shoe
US20120146311A1 (en) * 2010-12-13 2012-06-14 David Delon Williams Shock Absorber with Compliant Members
DE102012104264A1 (en) * 2012-05-16 2013-11-21 Stefan Lederer Shoe sole integrated with stiffening plate, for shoe e.g. sandals, used as running shoes, has integrally formed tabs whose ends are separated from each other by elongated hole extended transversely with respect to the stiffening plate
US10570984B1 (en) * 2017-06-28 2020-02-25 United Launch Alliance, L.L.C. Asymmetrically-shaped isolator

Cited By (19)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2953861A (en) * 1959-05-13 1960-09-27 Albert J Horten Resilient jumping shoes
WO1991011927A1 (en) * 1990-02-12 1991-08-22 Whatley Ian H Footwear cushioning spring
US5060401A (en) * 1990-02-12 1991-10-29 Whatley Ian H Footwear cushinoning spring
US5279051A (en) * 1992-01-31 1994-01-18 Ian Whatley Footwear cushioning spring
US6009636A (en) * 1997-07-07 2000-01-04 Wallerstein; Robert S. Shoe construction providing spring action
US6558297B1 (en) * 2000-07-28 2003-05-06 Carnegie Mellon University Energy storage device used in locomotion machine
US6763611B1 (en) * 2002-07-15 2004-07-20 Nike, Inc. Footwear sole incorporating a lattice structure
US7788824B2 (en) 2004-06-07 2010-09-07 Energy Management Athletics, Llc Shoe apparatus with improved efficiency
US20070175066A1 (en) * 2004-06-07 2007-08-02 Energy Management Athletics, Llc Shoe apparatus with improved efficiency
US7334351B2 (en) 2004-06-07 2008-02-26 Energy Management Athletics, Llc Shoe apparatus with improved efficiency
US20050268488A1 (en) * 2004-06-07 2005-12-08 Hann Lenn R Shoe apparatus with improved efficiency
US20060265902A1 (en) * 2005-05-30 2006-11-30 Kenjiro Kita Sole structure for a shoe
US7624515B2 (en) 2005-05-30 2009-12-01 Mizuno Corporation Sole structure for a shoe
US20120146311A1 (en) * 2010-12-13 2012-06-14 David Delon Williams Shock Absorber with Compliant Members
US8973937B2 (en) * 2010-12-13 2015-03-10 David Delon Williams Shock absorber with compliant members
DE102012104264A1 (en) * 2012-05-16 2013-11-21 Stefan Lederer Shoe sole integrated with stiffening plate, for shoe e.g. sandals, used as running shoes, has integrally formed tabs whose ends are separated from each other by elongated hole extended transversely with respect to the stiffening plate
US10570984B1 (en) * 2017-06-28 2020-02-25 United Launch Alliance, L.L.C. Asymmetrically-shaped isolator
US11073192B1 (en) 2017-06-28 2021-07-27 United Launch Alliance, L.L.C. Asymmetrically-shaped isolator
US11686368B1 (en) 2017-06-28 2023-06-27 United Launch Alliance, L.L.C. Asymmetrically-shaped isolator

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